costus lucanusianus/potassium

BACKGROUND Brazilian folk medicine uses infusion of Costus spiralis leaf to help people to treat arterial hypertension and syndromes of cardiac hyperexcitability. OBJECTIVE Evaluate the aqueous fraction (AqF) effect on atrial contractility and investigate its mechanism of action. METHODS The AqF

BACKGROUND The nephroprotective effect of the aqueous extract of Costus afer leaves was evaluated in male albino Wistar rats with gentamicin-induced kidney injury. METHODS In a 2-phase study, 30 weight-matched male Albino Wistar rats were divided into 6 groups of 5 animals to receive gentamicin, 90

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to determine the proximate composition and mineral content of Costus afer leaf and stem, as well as to identify the most active antioxidant fraction. METHODS The proximate composition and mineral analysis of C. afer leaf and stem were performed using the standard

BACKGROUND The use of medicinal plants in Nigeria has significantly increased over recent years as it is easily accessible, cheap and the strong belief that herbal remedies are natural and therefore non toxic. OBJECTIVE This study aims to investigate the sub-chronic toxicity (28-day) of the aqueous

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Costus spicatus (Jacq.) Sw., also known as "cana-do-brejo," is a species that is widely used in Brazilian traditional medicine for the treatment of kidney diseases. However, no studies have evaluated its

Lead is a nephrotoxicant probably implicated in the rising incidence of chronic kidney injury in sub-Sahara Africa. With the prohibitive cost and unavailability of metal chelators, chronic kidney disease CKD prevention is very difficult hence the search for affordable